Posts Tagged ‘ bike crash ’

Freak Cycling Accident

As Daughter and I were riding along the Coast Road cycle path last week, one of the many people who use it as their commuting route overtook us. I’d seen him coming up behind, and were were in single file on the left to let him pass. For some reason, he took the far...
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My New Favourite Extreme Cycling Video

This comes via Carlton Reid’s guest piece about bicycle helmets on the RoSPA site (<= Serious Link - worth reading!) today: Carlton’s point in using this video to demonstrate that in most low speed crashes, people’s heads don’t hit the deck. My point is that this is probably one of the funniest videos I’ve seen...
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Know Your Enemy 4: The Left Hook Loser

You’re riding along in traffic, and a car overtakes you: Sometimes they don’t even completely pass you before continuing on their Very Important Journey: If you’re lucky, it’ll be an ambulance that cuts you up like this - they’ll be able to scrape you off the road and take you to the hospital after: And don’t think...
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Friday Caption Contest: Bicycle Handling Skills

Friday Caption Contest: Bicycle Handling Skills

What’s happening here? Answers on a post card to the usual address. Or failing that, just leave a comment below.
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